Learn how to make a vertical garden with steel cans

Instead of discarding steel cans, it is possible to reuse these packages to build vertical gardens, a good tip for decorating environments with a special touch of sustainability. Vertical gardens made with steel cans can be hung in small spaces in apartments, offices and balconies.

The step by step is simple. To set up the garden, use tins such as powdered milk and chocolate. To plant, it is worth unleashing the imagination with the most diverse options of flowers and even seasonings, such as parsley, chives and rosemary. To decorate the can, it is worth using fabrics, ribbons, paints, buttons and whatever else your creativity desires!

“The ideal is to use steel cans for this type of walkthrough, as they are 100% recyclable. To identify that the can is made of steel, just approach a magnet. If it sticks, the can is made of steel”, emphasizes Thais Fagury, president of the Brazilian Association of Steel Packaging (Abeaço).

Vertical garden with steel cans Materials 3 post-consumer steel chocolate cans or powdered milk; 1 pack of earth; 1 hammer; 1 nail; 1 roll of string; Paint and material for decorating Scissors; plant seedlings of your choice. How to make

The first step is to paint and decorate the steel cans. After that, place them to the side and wait for the paint to dry.

After it is dry, with the nail and the hammer, make two holes in the base and two holes in the side. It is through these holes that the string must pass so that the cans are connected. Also make holes in the middle of the base of the cans to drain the water.

First, pass the string through one of the holes on the side of the can 1.

Once this is done, pass the string through the two holes in the base of the can 2.

Go back to can 1 and pass the string through the second hole on the side. In this way, the steel cans will be connected. Repeat this process, passing the string through cans 2 and 3. This way, the structure of the vertical garden is ready!

Fill steel cans: use expanded clay at the base to ensure good drainage and top up with soil.

Place the seedling of your choice.

Ready! Now just put the sustainable garden in your house and make the environment more charming!

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